Berkshire Readiness Center

Readiness Center summary

Readiness Center full proposal

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MCLA and BCC have been selected by the state to establish one of six Readiness Centers in Massachusetts. The priority issues and concerns that are being addressed by the Berkshire Readiness Center are to:

1) ensure access to resources across the educational spectrum from early childhood through higher education, and beyond to lifelong learning;   
2) align the goals and benchmarks at each stage of students' educational experience so the transition from one stage to the next is seamless;
3) meet the need for expanded and coordinated professional devleopment for teachers;
4) develop projects and programs that lead students to aspire to educational attainment, especially aspirations to pursue higher education; and 
5) Address the education and workforce training needs of adult learners so that parents and caregivers can meet their own educational goals, develop or strengthen their commitment to education as an aspirational goal, and model behaviors of educational engagement to children in their care.  

The proposal was developed in response to the state's Readiness Center Request for Responses (RFR).  A letter of intent was submitted on behalf of the collaborating partners.  The Readiness Centers will be "multipurpose and collaborative hubs for providing professional development and other instructional services to educators and also targeted assistance to improve districts and schools."